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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17
A COWBOY SERMON.

"Commanche Pete" one of the
crstwhile widest, wickedest and
cussedest cowboys in New Mexico,
has quit drinking and become COM
parted to the Christian religion,
and is now trying to convert some
of the other cowboys. This is how
he talks to the rough, uneducated
characters;
"t'ellers you are mavericks now;
there is no brand on you yet. Your
mothers and sisters, and mebbe
fathers, belonged to Gods outfit,
but you strayed away before the
spring round up commenced at
home. You became a maverick,
and every outfit has men out after
you to catch and mark you. Gods
major domos are kind, good men
who will take you to a green range,
with plenty of cool, pure water, and
you'd better get his brand on you
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17
IDAHO NEWS.
A COWBOY pAsTIME-NEw BRIDGE
ACROSS SNAKE RIVER-THECA carr
IBOO MURDERER AGAIN.
THE SUSPECTED EXPRESS MESSENGER
sQUEALS-A MEMBER OF THE LAST
LEGISLATURE IN LIMBO,
FIRE AT INTERPRETATION RACK
EFT AT WIsTON-rwELNE
SHOTS IN A GRIZZLY.
pLAcKrooT REPORTER.

The old time custom of the Texas
COW boys of making tender feet
dance the can-can at the point of
six-shooters is gradually fading
away. 1t never Yves very happy
custom and as means of amuse-
ment was never a glittering success.
Occasionally the dancer would OBJ
jeot and the friends of the deceased
quietly buried either the COW boy or
the dancer. This, of course, fur
nished sufficient amusement for the
lookers-on, but could not be expect
ed to awaken much enthusiasm in
the buried man. For this reason
the COW boy always exercised much
Judgment in choosing his dancer
and usually picked upon some dys-
peptically inclined youth from the
east or the glass-eyed English tour
ist who came west to slaughter In
dians and buffalo. But human
Judgment is often weak and the
cowboy occasionally erred. Then
his immediate friends would play
poker for his personal effects.
The custom was introduced into
Idaho but has never Hourished,
There are now probably not more
than half a dozen devotees of the
habit, and even they are gradually
losing their nip. We earnestly urge
these few to forever cast off the
habit ere it be, forevermore, too
late. The COW boy is not a bad man
by any means. Meet him on the
range, or at camp, and he will be
found one of the best fellows in the
world; generous to fault, ready at
any moment to share his blanket
and mess. 1t is only when he gets
full of rotgut that he imagines him
self very bad and insists on run
ming the town. He then remembers
the fashy pictures he has seen in
the eastern illustrated press, where |
the COW boy is engaged in making
some poor English dude execute a
war dance nn an upturned beer keg
at the muzzle Of his six-shooter.
He wants to emulate his example
and make somebody dance. He
takes it for granted that everybody
is afraid of his big gun and that he
is thoroughly terrorizing the town.
In this he is occasionally mistaken.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17
LEWISTON TELLER.

The 0. r. & n. surveyors who
have been in the Potlatch country
recently, have run their line down
to Clearwater, but we understand
were not permitted to run across
the reservation. They are now on
the Clearwater opposite town and
will continue their line on down the
Snake to connect with the road at
Riparia.
Joe Magginette, sheep herder at
McRaes camp on Craig's noun
tain, shot and killed bald-headed
grizzly bear near the camp one day
last week, that measured eight feet
long and four feet tall and weighed
over a thousand pounds. Mr.. Nc
Rae showed us some of the claws of
the mammoth beast that measured
three and three quarter inches long.
Eight balls from a Winchester were
fired into him before it brought
him down.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17

right off. You're dead safe with,
that outfit, but mustn't monkey
along nibbling at all the green
grass you happen to see along
the trail of life. Old man Devil
will rope We eff you do, and then
when the final roundup comes
and they cut out all brands but
their own, you will find yourself
browsing around on the short, burnt
ranges of hell. You remember fell
lers, that dandy green trail that led
down to the Pinevetas. and how
Bill Archer fed his herd along
there, thinking green grass and
shade trees and good water was all
along. You know how they got in
to the canyon and struck only sand
and allyali, and how, before they
could get out, sand storm struck
them and killed most Of the outfit.
Well, that's the way exactly the
trail is that leads to the range Of
Lueifer's outfit. A good many Of
you are on that trail now, and you'd
better turn off on side trail, The
devils branding pens are built, the
branding irons are hot, and you
can't save yourselfs nor turn back if
you ever get your heads in the
chutes that lead to the branding
pen. You'll be alkalied and sand
stormed and stampeded through
the canyons and mountains and
pits Of hell, and the heel-hy and
sercw-worms and black-legs will
torment you as long as time lasts.
You'll be quarantined forever
against entering the pastures Of
heaven, and will be held outside
sometimes so you can just look
over and see what you lost by being
too bronco to allow white herders
to rope and brand you"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17
WEISER LEADER.

Sol Hasbrouck was unanimously
elected as a school trustee for this
district for term Of three years on
Monday last. No better selection
could possibly have been made.
Ben Gladburt's house and con-
tents in Salubria Valley, were en-
tirely destroyed by fire on August
II, at about noon. The fire is sup
posed to have originated by some
matrhes lying where the sun reflect
ed on them causing them to burn.
Loss, about $500.
The school interests of this
county are largely on the increase.
There are now twenty-six regular
ly organized school districts in the
county, with 1910 children ofschool
age. There is great room for i'm
provement in the school houses
throughout the entire county, and
better class could easily be built in
most ofthc districts if the people
would only take interest and try.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17

The San Francisco Chronicle
says that since 1878 there has been
cable between Hong-Kong and
Shanghai. 1t requiras about 1000
characters to conduct the everyday
ordinary transactions in Chinese
mercantile affairs. A book contain
ing these characters, numbered
from / to 1000 has been printed
by the telegraph authorities, and If
man wants to send message he
simply wires numbers representing
the characters, and the receiver
marks down the number at his end
of the line.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17

took him to Huntington Wednes-
day night to unearth the remaining
1880. We understand, that in
squealing, he implicated another
party as partner in the crime.
Later-Sheriff Taylor has returned
with his prisoner but without the
money Bennett could not find
the spot where he buried it in that
wild sage brush country.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17

Brother Sniff" said one Dakota
minister to another, "are you going
to hold series of revival meetings
in your church soon?
"WeI, not before winter, any
how. You see some of the brethren
have begun threshing the grain on
their farms and it will keep up all
fall, and there isn't particle of uss
trying to do anything till they get
through lying about the yield OF
wheat per acre that each has. 1t
is really painful the way some o
them will lie. By the way, thresh7
ed some pretty fine wheat out ON
my own farm the other day-it
averaged SO bushels to the acre, all
No. 1 hard too. Heard of anything
better than that?"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17
AN ALLIGATOR's THROAT.

An observer down south says an
alligator's throat is an animated
sewer. Everything which lodges
in his open mouth goes down. He
is lazy dog, and instead Of hunt
ing for something to eat, he let's his
victuals hunt for him. That is, he
lies with his great mouth open, ap-
parently dead, like the 'possum,
Soon big bug crawl into it, then o
fly, then several gnats, and a coll
ony of mosquitoes. The alligator
doesn't close his mouth yet He
is waiting for a whole drove of
things. He does his eat
ing by wholesale. A little later
lizard will cool himself under the
shade of the upper jaw. Then
few frogs will hop up to catch the
mosquitoes. Then more mosquit-
oes and gnats will light on the
frogs. Finally whole village of
insects and reptiles settle down for
an afternoon picnic. Then all at
once there is an earthquake. The
big jaw falls, the alligator blinks
one eye gulps down the entire me-
nagerie and opens his great front
door for more visitors.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17
--=-----r-.=-~

Our unprecedented success
last season in placing within
the reach of the public Stoves
and Stove Furniture through
low prices based on reasonable
warrants us in follow
ing it up this season with a
stock much more varied and
complete. These will be found
latest in design, economical in
use, warranted perfect in every
part and at prices so low as to
make purchasing a necessity,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17

Make it a point to get our
prices on Groceries and Gen
eral supplies, You will notice
economy in every quotation.
The stock is complete, always
fresh and well selected. We
are receiving now daily heavy
invoices of Dry Goods, Cloth
ing, Gents Furnishings, Boots
and Shoes, Hats, etc
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17
HOWARD SEBREE Co.
CALDWELL, IDHNo.
Make a Note Of 1t.

We have now on exhibition
the most complete line of
Spring Wagons and Buck
boards in the Territory for
mountain and general use.
They cannot be excelled either
in price, style or substantial
merits.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17

A Nebraska exchange says that
an enterprising citizen could make
a fortune tanning the hides of the
giant mosquitoes in the Fremont
bottom and polishing their bills for
umbrella handles
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17

These lines are extensive and
selected with an especial care
for the demands of the trade
centering here. They deserve
well your inspection. Our adj
vantages for supplying the sub
stantial trade cannot, be sur
passed.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17

We are agents for Randall
Pulverizing Harrows and Drag
Harrows. Moline Steel Sulky
and Walking Plows, Cassaday
Sulky and Oliver Chilled
Plows, Triumph Drills and
Seeders.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17
o. S. L. TIME TABLE.
POSTOFFICE.

MAILS arrive from the east daily at a. m.
From the west daily at p. m. From Rock
VILE, tri-monthly, at P. M. From Middle
ton. tri-weekly, at $3.50 p. IN. Mail closes
daily at 80 p. m. Office hours from 7:5o a.
IN. to 9;Is p NJ, every day.
T. w. BOONE, P. NJ.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17

We are exclusive agents for the
incompatible Bain Farm and
Freight Wagons. The sterling
merits of these goods are SO
long and favorably known that
a passing mention is sufficient.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17
FRATERNAL.

CALDwALI. LoDcR. No. 10, 1. 0. o. F. Hall
in Thomas building. Regular meeting on
Saturday evening each week. Visiting
brethren cordially invited to attend
S. n. MoE, Sec. w. S. BADLEy, N. G..
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-09-17
Haskell House
A. B. Macpherson, Prop.

The Haskell House has recently
been thoroughly over hauled and
refitted, and is now the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-29

A Charming Costume for = Lawn Party %
an Afternoon Tea.

A Charming Costume for . Lawn Party %
an Afternoon Tea.
II You want reserve dress-some-
thing for lawn party, piazza concert,
or afternoon tca--get white albatross
or tennis flannel and five yards Of
white-watercd silk. II tall effect is
desired, moire will better accomplish
that desire. as the stripes are more de-
cided. Instead Of a complete silk skirt,
combine the two fabrics. using the silk
for a narrow vest in the basque and
also as facing for one side Of the
drapery. White flannels are being
worked up with dark velvet, such rs
cigar brown. myrtle green, or black.
with striking effect. Long waists are
arrested by vest Of velvet set in the
bodice, back and front. half the depth
Of the basque. and short waists are
seemingly heightened by full-length
vest All skirts are two and one-half
yards in width, very long drapery are
fancied. sleeves are fulled from the
shoulder to the elbow, and the '.high-
toned collar is the within Of the hour.
This yoke-like finish is wired and
stands closer. but not quite 50 high Is
an Elizabethan ruff. The slaves Of
dress will be delighted to know that
first-class modistes no longer add the
cushion-like hustle to suits. The
usual number Of extension reeds are
used, but the smallest is attached 50 as
to form the required distension 1t the
back Of the basque. Chicago Int,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-29
a REAL ESTATE DEAL.

The WAYS and WIles - the Innocent D.
kots Land Speculation.
"Pullem." said . Dakota real-cstate
agent in town which is enjoying
boom. to his partner, II closed the
deal with that man from Philadel-
phia-
lis that SOP"
Yes. he takes the five lots and pays
ten thousand. Let's figure up and see
how we came out on them"
well. they cost US e1.O00."
Yes and it took about 900 to treat
and entertain that man from Chicago
whom we tried to sell to-"
And let the ST. Paul man beat me
out Of $500 at poker in the hope Of SELL
ing to him.
Then cashed a bogus draft Of $3.50
for that man from New York and then
he skipped out without buying"
Then that Iowa man took up two
days of our time at $50 a day."
Yes. and said he wanted to think
about it before buying. And then the
oil 1<'sulo man took IiofiiC " oiHhNk
with me. he stole silverware to the
value Of SIS and skipped like the rest !"
And paid ten-dollar drunk and
disorderly fine for the Milwaukee
man."
I'VE mustn't forget TO figure in
about $50 for livery bills"
NO. nor e25 :cr spending half q
day to 60 to church with that Boston
man.
"And put down 500 for advertising
and so that ! had TO pay Jones fol
| keeping still when he accidentally
overheard me tell this man we sold "a
tbs ths marsh just beyond the lots was
an artificial lake put in by the city at q
| cost Of $50. 000"
Lets see ~ total, -. $50 - profit,
1880. That won't hardly do-we've
got to make more than that"
Yes we must cut down expenses on
the next deal somewhere. guess we
better not spend time going to church
with any more men. "-Dokota Bell
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-29


Nina Marie Dronsark . Frenen
woman. has written : Biography q
Bismarck In three volumes.
Mn Ellen Wood. The authoresA
left personal estate 20 the value Of
esq. 900 In her case woodworking
paid
--Haggard's best novel has had :
curious experience IN n English
public library. king 6olomonS
Mines" b placed among the works on
minerology.
-Archduchsss Marie Valerie d
Austria. who y betrothed 20 the hsis
presumptive 70 the crown Of 6axony.
has literary tastes and i . frequent
contributor to German magasinea
Missionaries have done more for
the literary world than AL the socie-
ties and Institutions Of the earth In
the past eighty years they have formed
and reduced TO writing over forty
languages. Public Opinion.
-Junius 8 Morgan. the London
banker. has offered to give Joshua
Reynolds to the Metropolitan Muse UNI
in New York. This painting repre-
sents "three gentlemen beass the
date .l870." and il valued q $50. 900.
There are now 692 newspapers pub
lished in Switzerland. against AL in
1872, and SIC in 1883. OF these 692.
20 are published six times or more dur
ing the week. POI from two TO i've
times. 1919 once. 100 les than once.
and 2S have no regular publishing day.
appearing only occasionally. Berne
publishes the largest number, lis. the
next being Zurich, with 80.
Among the now few survivors OF
Waterloo Il Lord Albemarle. who en-
tered the English army on April 4.
1915. and served on June IS with the
old Fourteenth Foot He retired upon
half-pay a. Major. became . Major.
General October rs. 1853 and Gem
eral February z. 1874. The other sur.
vivor whose name in the Army List ID
General George Whichcote. This vet
eran soldier received his commission
in January. 1911, and served in the
Peninsula with the Fifty-second Light
Infantry.
! 1t Is related that Eugene Delacroix,
the famous painter, thinking that The
head OF Baron James Rothschild would
make . splendid head for . beggoy.
asked the eminent financier to sit Is Z
model. Consent was granted. While
the artist was engaged on the canvas
one Of the pupils catered and told
I Delacroix that that was an ideal beg
gar. When Delacroix was not looking
the pupil. in : good-hsarted manner,
put coin in Rothschild's hand, foS
which the banker nodded his thanks.
He learned that the young painter had
very little money, and 50 he wrote him
that the coin he had given him had
borne interest and that If he called at
the Rothschild ba hiking house he would
receive 10. 600 francs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-29
SUICIDE OF SCORPIONS.


a Popular Belief or Superstition That ID
Entirely Erroneous
DR.. Bourne's experiments on these
creatures have been hong since sub
stantlally discounted by me. My OBJ
ject in making experiments was to test
Goldsmith assertion that fla scorpion
is placed in the midst Of circle Of
burning charcoal il stings
itself on the back OF the head. and in
this manner the undaunted suicide in
stantly expires" 1t does nothing Of
the kind. As to Byron's more glow
ing description or episode:
The mind that broods DER guilty woes
Is Ike the scorpio grit by fire.
Che sad and sole relief she knows
The sting she nourishcd for her foes
Whose venom never yet was vain.
Gives but one pang and cures all pain.
And darts into her desperate brain;
and 80. it would appear, shufflcs of
the mortal coil. along with all its
throcs and woes. etc. again ! say 1t
does nothing Of the kind. On the con-
trary. and as the outcome of hundreds
Of these neutrality-suspicious.
that were carried out by me IN the
presence or with the cooperation Of
score Or more Of still living officers.
not only at the Jaumari ball practice
ground at Cawnporc, but also in sundry
hill and cholera camps elsewhere in
India - came to the conclusion that
this belief or superstition was entirely
erroneous. came TO the further con
clusion that its poison was all but
inert. not only on itself, but also on
small birds. bees. etc; and ms to its
own individual behaviour in presence
Of fire. Il was both stupid and coward
". 1t either skunk away into any cor
ner il could either make or find, or,
moving about aimlessly within the
circle. It either persisted in the same Or
died without making any sign inside
Nv Currdn. IN Lancet.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-29

quaIntanes for Jon. DR.. Brown. for be
~ lsft yoi every farthing be pos-
sessed."
Good graeiousi whyr" Va al !
could nv.
/, IL viii amount % Eso.ooo. rather
moro than less; les all invested In
Chinese AZ, except the cash II the
bank. But there u condition; ! viii
read Il 70 you"
He pulled document from his pock-
% and read - follows;
but ! attach . condition TO tho
above bcquest; Il Il that the said Rob
ert Brown. doctor Of medicine. shall
devote four hours Of his time per
diem, and . sum Of mot less
than E500 per annum, 70 the
amelioration Of the condition Of
poor Chinese in London. and
that he shall devote some portion Of
his time to tho study Of the Chinese
language"
Il congratulate you. DR.. Brown. y
said the attorney. Il suppose you
will accept the conditions, and prove
the will At oncc?"
OF course accepted. asked Mr..
Blenkinsopp TO dinner. one Of our din.
ners, and he shed tears Of gratitude a
he swallowed the vegetable curry and
tamarind fish for which we are 50 just.
| " celebrated.
There Is nothing moro to tell.
took the ESQ. 900 out Of Chinese As
and bought consols. ! visit the Eas1
end Of London for four hours every
day. and, strange to say. rather take
an interest in the work. ! am study
ing the Chinese language, and am nov
known as Brown the Philanthropist.-
1 London World
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-29

Contaminated drinking water is the
cause Of 50 much sickness that every
man and woman grown should know
good water when they see it and have
the means Of testing it Water may to
all appearances be clear and sparkling,
and yet contain the germs Of foul dis
eases. The presence Of chlorine tells
the story. As much rs thirty or forty
grains to the gallon Is often found in
water drawn from wells near where
people live. Let it be understood the
more chlorine in the water the more
danger. and, also, that no water Is
really fit to drink which has any Of this
foreign substance. Christi0n at Work.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-29


S S Ss I s<ss.. ~
Bonre< pins AZ small flowers ara
having ! large sale.
Violin. mandolin and guitsr lace pins
in silver are finding favor.
Knife-cdged bracelets sci with dia,
monds are increa sing IN popularity.
The golden beryl. set In 4 cluster a
diamonds. makes 4 handsome ring de.
sion.
Oars. anchors etc. IN silver filigre<
are popular among the sea-shore fro
ouenterx
Cresccnt-shaped diamond scarf min,
havicg Tor a center colorcd gem will
be worn this fall.
Those excellently inflated flies Of
oxidixed silver win be worn 10 = great
extent in light summer scarfs.
A head 81 smoky topaz. surrounded
by ! crown Of diamonds aad pearls. i
an old design In scarf pins.
A golden basket Of UNIQUE pattern.
filed with a dozen small diamonds. 4 4
charming pendant for = chatelaine.
The new knife-edged brooch and
pendant. set with diamonds. il taking
the place Of the long barbed pins.
Combinations Of Oriental chryso-
beryls. zircons and iacinths are used in
rings and brooches with good effect.
From three TO five garnets ranged in
A row are now being used with good
eject in rings and bracelets.
In necklaces. a series OF evenly.
matched two-grain pearls. with a dia,
mond and ruby clasp, make a rich ap-
pearance.
One Of the handsomest brooches re.
| Gently seen Is made in the form Of 4
daisy, in the middle Of which glistens 4
superb canary diamond
| A novel design in mstsh-boxcs CON.
| sists Of an old shoe OF ox:drscd silver,
on the side Of which fifteen small gar
nets are arranged in imitation OF malta
! One OF the latest novelties in blacl
onyx brooches is shell, in the hollow
part OF which rests crescent Of pearls
4 The edging Of the shell Is also OF pearls
! Lace pins and drops Of imitation
moonstone flowers, with fine diamond
cut white stones as centers. are likel,
| 70 10 v,ov,,,lor With tho fair az th;a aoe